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WorldView: Myanmar police crackdown; Uganda election misinformation on Facebook

Myanmar police have started using water cannons, rubber bullets and even live rounds against anti-coup protesters. Facebook removed thousands of accounts connected to a misinformation on Uganda’s election. Haiti’s president has removed three Supreme Court justices. And the world’s second-oldest living person, a 116-year-old nun in France, has survived COVID-19. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee joins “CBSN AM” with today’s global headlines. Source

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Doctor on COVID-19 variants, vaccines and common side effects

The number of cases of COVID-19 from new, more infectious variants of the virus are rising rapidly in the U.S., the CDC warns. Dr. Neeta Ogden joins CBSN to discuss the state of the vaccination effort and the most common side effects that sometimes come with the second dose. Source

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Turkish opposition lawmakers accuse country of selling out Uighurs for vaccine

The Associated Press detailed allegations Turkish lawmakers are making against the country’s government of selling out Uighurs, a Muslim minority group, in exchange for vaccines from China, which has been cracking down on the group within its borders. One of the authors of that article Dake Kang joined CBSN AM to talk about the accusations and the vaccine. Source

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